4-8 Carter Gate

4-8 Carter Gate is a row of three former houses built in the 18th century, which were later converted into shops in the 20th century.

The ground floor features two glazed shopfronts, one of which has timber surrounds. The upper levels are constructed from red brick arranged in a Flemish bond pattern. The first and second floors have timber-framed single-pane sash windows set within timber surrounds. The roof is covered with pantiles.

The building is part of a terrace and has a rectangular plan oriented from the north-east to the south-west. The ground floor is divided into two retail units.

The exterior consists of three storeys that face directly onto Carter Gate. The left shopfront, dating from the mid-20th century, has a plate-glass frontage and a terrazzo floor threshold, sharing a double frontage with The Arcade. The right shopfront, built in the 21st century, is styled traditionally with a stallriser, timber frame, and inset threshold, featuring an off-centre central door. Above the ground floor, the red-brick façade has seven bays, with sash windows in the odd-numbered bays on the first and second floors, and blind recesses in the alternate bays. The first-floor windows are late-19th century single-pane sash windows with soldier-coursed, extended segmental arches, while the second-storey windows are smaller with two-over-two sashes. Above the dentillated eaves, there is a hipped roof covered with clay pantiles, and three single-stack chimneys are located in the first, third, and seventh bays. The building backs directly onto the shop units to the north-west, which form one side of The Arcade.